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Artemio R. Alivia Vs. Elena P. Nieto

JUDGE ARTEMIO R. ALIVIA, Branch 19, Regional Trial Court, Cauayan, Isabela, complainant, vs. ELENA P. NIETO, stenographer III, Branch 19, Regional Trial Court, Cauayan, Isabela, respondent.

A.M. No. P-951146 | 1995-12-08

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

At the hearing on 25 July 1994 in Criminal Case No. 19-392 1 and Criminal Case No. 19-393 2 before Branch 19 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Cauayan, Isabela, the prosecution presented Ernesto Guiuo. Respondent Elena P. Nieto was the stenographer on duty who took down the testimony of the said witness.

In a letter dated 2 November 1994 and filed with the trial court, the respondent reported to the Presiding Judge, herein complainant, that she lost the stenographic notes of the testimony of Ernesto and her earnest efforts to recover them have been futile and to no avail. In her affidavit attached to...